“It’s the maximum dramatic factor in soccer I’ve seen for a while” investigative journalist Declan Hill informed the BBC International Carrier. “The whole group got here in with their coaches and stated they had been approached on Saturday.

“They performed an eleven-minute conversation with the tried match-fixer. He was offering every player a variety of money according to the minute depending on the end result they may get. The most they might have got for allegedly solving the fit might have been about $3,000 according to the player.”

Hill said the provider became allegedly made by way of an El Salvadorian who knew a number of the games, but who desired to aid the Honduras national team Give Us Life.

The BBC has approached the Honduras soccer affiliation for comment.

Canada, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico are members of the Confederation of North, Primary America and Caribbean affiliation soccer (Concacaf).

Three CONCACAF international locations will routinely qualify for the 2018 World Cup, that’s being staged in Russia, with a fourth getting into a play-off against a team from the Asian football Confederation.